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Significant role. so we have to be very careful. theres a lot of things i believe in new jersey we do need to change. ideas of binding arbitration that caused local executives like myself, democrats and republicans, to be put in very, very difficult situations, and we continue to pass pain onto taxpayers, which in this economy we cant afford. but to put forth this idea that we should eviscerate the right to collective bargaining, to get rid of unions all together to me is really going way too fa...

Believe in new jersey we do need to change. ideas of binding arbitration that caused local executives like myself, democrats and republicans, to be put in very, very difficult situations, and we continue to pass pain onto taxpayers, which in this economy we cant afford. but to put forth this idea that we should eviscerate the right to collective bargaining, to get rid of unions all together to me is really going way too far. we have to find a way to balance. but there is no easy choices now. you...

Of what makes unions a union their collective bargaining rights? >> no, no, no. it is right for them to be able to negotiate on their salary. we need to let managers be able to determine things like keeping their pension system health thep. ma -- healthy. for exam pulple in the state ofo average private sector worker pays about 23% of their health care costs. in our cities, the average worker is paying 9%. this its all about restoring some balance to the system. right now when they wrote this bi...

It is. and now, the news from columbus, ohio. doug? >>reporter: well, union organizers were expecting 20,000 here, that was the high end, and it was much less, and the congressman kucinich said 6,000 and i estimate 3,000. they have moved, a big portion, have moved inside the statehouse. the arrangement here is different than what we saw in wisconsin. the actual hearing room when it is underway at 4:00, is limited to just the people who will be testifying. it is blocked off. you have to have a pa...

Plan for retirement. >> cincinnati reports they are having growing cost annually on the payroll of 18%. but once its approve and you go down the path you can never reverse it. trying to give them the ability to adjust. they are not bankrupting the community. >> the rules for dismissing professor are inflexible. it could take two-and-a-half years to complete. >> we dont have two-and-a-half years to react to the market. changing too quickly. >> the unionized workers say component of the bill such ...

Senate bill 5 is much broader than the wisconsin one because it includes so many more state workers. were talking university professors, university staff, toll-takers, police, firemen, park workers. it covers the gamut, megyn. megyn: and you have an $8 billion budget shortfall in ohio. $3 billion in wisconsin. so you might expect additional cuts, more sweeping cuts. john kasich said, thats what they elected me to do, but the unions are not happy and theyre not happy because they say they will be...

Used for political purpose. what theyre saying in wisconsin is people should be able to make that decision for themselves. in ohio which is next on the agenda, it will be there in a week or so, what happened was 25 years ago ohio was number one in new job creation. when labor took over the state legislature, they said this. they passed a law that said when unions negotiating for government and state employees present a contract to an elected official, city, county or state, either they sign it o...

Point. thats why youre interrupting right here. are the elected officials going to sign the contract or forced to punt them. >earthquake, martin, go ahead. >> its time for the chamber off commerce -- its fine for them to give millions to republican candidates which is exactly what they did in the last election to run ads on behalf of republican candidates, but somehow its wrong for unions to do the same thing. theres a level playing field in the united states. unions have a right to represent pe...

Government officials a way to be more efficient and more effective in the delivery of services, and we have to give them the flexibility they need to -- they need to manage their costs, including labor. they want to give the people that work in the city more money, they can do that, but what they shouldnt do is have binding arbitration where an outsider comes in, imposes a settlement on the city that the city cant afford and then theyve got to raise taxes and when they raise taxes they drive job...

>> lrl walker! recall walker! recall walker! [ chanting ] welcome back to "the ed show." that was protesters in the state capitol in madison, wisconsin today. protesters like that can spread all over america if other heartless republican governors get their way. thats the game plan. later this week the ohio senate will start to debate a bill that will eliminate collective bargaining for all state employees. governor john kasich fully supports the bill and is working on putting it in his budget. ...